Research Resources

Bridges Research Resources

Bridges Institute provides researchers and mental health providers with access to high quality, affordable research tools and services to assist them in documenting and enhancing the effectiveness of spiritually integrated treatment. We build bridges between science, technology, spirituality, and psychotherapy.

Bridges-Templeton Foundation Grant

The John Templeton Foundation awarded Professor P. Scott Richards a $3.57 million dollar grant in 2017 to conduct a three year research study with researchers, practitioners, and clergy throughout the world about the processes and outcomes of spiritually integrated psychotherapy. Click the link above to learn more about the grant project’s purpose, methodology, findings, and outcomes.

Bridges Assessment System

Our Bridges research team developed the Bridges Assessment System (BAS) to provide a more effective way for clinicians and researchers to monitor the outcomes and processes of mental health treatment. 

Research Consulting

Bridges Institute offers research design, data collection and management, statistical analysis, and grant writing services provided by experienced Ph.D. behavioral scientists. We are committed to increasing the effectiveness of treatment by harnessing the power of research, data, technology, and spirituality to discover and deliver scientifically supported services.

Publications

The Bridges Institute provides information about books and articles about spiritually integrated psychotherapies that may be helpful to researchers.

Other Research Resources

Bridges Institute provides information about research conducted by other organizations and our colleagues throughout the world that may be helpful for scholars and researchers studying the effectiveness of spiritually integrated treatment. We appreciate their contributions.

SRCP

The SRCP: Spiritual and Religious Competencies Project aims to improve mental health care and promote human flourishing by ensuring every mental health professional possesses the basic competencies to attend to their clients’ religious faith or spirituality in clinical practice.